-Down to Earth State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA TO reduce the burden of the state exchequer by Rs 600 crore, Bihar has decided to reduce its minimum wage rate offered to unskilled labourers, and make it on a par with the rate offered under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). This is despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, in many cases, that...
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Green signal for spiritual university evokes sharp criticism-Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu Criteria have not been met and blatant attempt to saffronise higher education, say academics and student bodies From a tiny room on the first floor of a small building in a quiet area of Basaveshwaranagar, the Harsha Kriya Foundation runs its affairs. The Foundation has recently got the green signal for setting up the AMRutha Sinchana Spiritual University, first of its kind in Karnataka. Speaking to The Hindu in an office...
More »Good supplies cut vegetable prices 20-25%-Sutanuka Ghosal & Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times Vegetable prices have dropped thanks to good supplies across the country. Onion, tomato and potato prices have fallen by almost 20%-25% in the last fortnight bringing relief to consumers. Traders say prices are likely to remain low till June. Indians consume nearly 15 million tonne onions a year. A drop in the prices of staple vegetables like onion and potato helps bring down food inflation, a major worry for...
More »Was she a terrorist? Supreme Court slams cops for beating this woman -A Vaidyanathan and Prasad Sanyal
-NDTV The Supreme Court today rejected the Punjab government's explanation for how it will investigate police officers who were caught on camera thrashing a young woman near AMRitsar. "Was she a terrorist?" the judges asked angrily. The state government said that a magistrate will determine accountability for the beating on the roadside last week, which was filmed on a cell-phone by a passer-by, and broadcast on news channels including NDTV. " What will the...
More »Brinda demands independent probe-Sarabjit Pandher
-The Hindu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Wednesday demanded an independent inquiry into the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, which has pointed out serious lapses and wrongdoings in the Rs. 52,000-crore farm debt waiver scheme. Ms. Karat was talking to journalists at the party office here, before resuming her programme of “Sangharsh Sandesh Jatha,” which began from Jallianwala Bagh in AMRitsar on March 4. She said...
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